Stopper for jars, bottles, or the like.



No. 723,467 PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

C. JOVIGNOT. STOPPER FOR JARS, BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9, 1902.

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STOPPER FOR JARS, BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9, 1902.

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CHARLES JOVIGNOT, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

STOPPER FOR JARS, BOTTLES, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,467, dated March24, 1903.

Application filed December 9, 1902. Serial No. 134,511. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES JOVIGNOT, civil engineer, a citizen of theRepublic of France, and aresidentof 23 and Avenue de Ohatillon, Paris,in the Republic of France, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoppers for Jars, Bottles, or the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stoppers for jars, bottles,and the like, and has for its object to provide a stopper which willassure the easy opening of the receptacles to which it is adapted, whichwill prevent fraud, and which will, besides, assure a hermetic sealing.

The invention consists in providing around the neck of the jar orreceptacle an exterior flange or collar the upper and lower edges ofwhich are conical and inclined in opposite directions the lower edgebeing smooth and the upper one being provided with annular ribs orcorresponding hollows. This receptacle with that kind of neck iscombined with an elastic joint adapted to rest on the upper edge of theneck, a cover resting on said joint, an opened ring, and a safetysealinghook which joins the two ends of the ring before the latter isplaced on the cover, so that said ring will embrace the neck and-willthen be pressed or set under the lower edge of the flange of the neck.

In the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate clearly the invention,Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved stopper seen by the side of thesafety sealing-hook and applied to an ordinary receptacle. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the receptacle and of the stopper. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view of the particular arrangement of the neck. Fig. 4is a sectional view of the cover. Fig. 5 shows the ring opened flat.Fig. 6 shows the same ring rolled up and having its upper edge turnedover. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the ring rolled up- Fig. Sis aside View, and Fig. 9 a back view, of the safety sealing-hook. Fig. 10is an elevation view of the ring provided with its safety sealing-hook.Fig. 11 is a horizontal section of the ring, taken through line 1 2 ofFig. 10. Fig. 12 is a vertical section of the elastic joint. Fig. 13 isa vertical section of the stopper before it is placed on the receptacle.

Figs. 14 and 15 show a receptacle of a particular shape provided with myimproved stopper.

The receptacles stoppered according to my invention have a neck formedof a projecting collar or flangej, the upper edge of which is conicaland is provided with annular ribs k and the lower edge of which is alsoconical, but inclined in an opposite direction.

The stopper proper comprises four partsviz., a cover a, Figs. 4 and 15,a locking-ring b, the ends of which are provided with slots 0, Figs. 5and 6, adapted to engage the lugs of a sealing-hook, a sealing-hook (1,Figs. 8 and 9, formed of a small sheet-metal plate made integral withtwo lugs f, which are turned over its back face and then extendperpendicularly to said face, and, finally, a joint formed of an annulardisk of compressible material h and an isolating-sheet 2', adapted toprevent the contents of the receptacle from coming into contact with thedisk 71.. 4

The stoppering of the receptacle is efiected in the following manner:The ring I) is first prepared with an upper edge g, turned inward aroundits circumference. The two ends of said ring are superposed, so as tomake the slots 0 coincide with one another, as shown in Fig. 6. The lugsof the sealing-hook are then inserted in said slots 0 and bent againstthe inner face of said ring, as shown in Fig. 11. The cover a is thenforced into the ring until its top rests on the edge 9 of said ring, producing thereby the covering of the inwardlybent lugsofthe sealing-hook.The joint is then placed at the bottom of the capsule, as shown in Fig.13, and this whole is placed on the neck of the receptacle, whereuponthe lower edge of the ring I) is pressed under the collar or flange j bysetting, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 15. This operation is facilitatedby the conical shape of the lower edge of the collar or flange. On-theother hand, the conical shape of the upper edge allows of applyingperfectly the elastic joint upon said edge, owing to the pressureexerted from bottom to top on the ringduringthe setting,and,besides, theannular ribs with which it is provided assure by the crushing of saidjoint the hermetic sealing. Finally, the safety sealinghook d assuresthe inviolability of the receptacles. It may be seen, indeed, that itslugs sealing-plate by tearing the lugs, the ends of which are claspedbetween the cover a and the ring I).

Having now described my invention, what Iclairh as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a receptacle having a neck surrounded by a collaror fiangej the upper edge of which is conical and is provided withannular ribs and the lower edge of which is also conical, of a cover a,a ring adapted to embrace the cover and the neck, provided with slots 0at its ends, and having an upper inwardly-bent edge and an overhanginglower edge adapted to be set against the flange of the neck, asealing-hook 01 formed of a small sheet-metal plate having two lugs fintegral therewith which engage the slots 0 of the ring and are bentagainst the inner face of said ring, and a joint formed of acompressible annular disk h and anisolating-sheetz' which is to beplaced between the top of the neck and the cover, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' CHARLES J OVIGNOT.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE LAVOIX, AUGUSTUS E. INGRAM.

